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Webster 1913 Edition


Antimetathesis

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Anˊti-me-tath′e-sis

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK].]
(Rhet.)
An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.

Webster 1828 Edition


Antimetathesis

ANTIMETATH'ESIS

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Noun.
[Gr. against, and a transposition.]
In rhetoric, an inversion of the parts or members of an antithesis; as, 'Compare the arrival of this governor, with the victory of that general.' Compare this peace with that war.'